Jan 8th, 2013 Dakar Rally Stage 4 Race Info & Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Stage 4 of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Robby Gordon finally gets a great starting position and will roll off 2nd after his runner-up finish in stage 3. Gordon will look to grab his first 2013 Stage win, as well as cut into his 46 minute overall deficit. The cars are slated to begin the special section of stage 4 at 7:32am/et and Robby Gordonwill begin his special section at 7:33am/et  Raceday chat will be available throughout the entire 2013 Dakar Rally. Raceday chat now works on the Ipad & Iphone.


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STAGE 3 TRACKING


STAGE 4: NAZCA > AREQUIPA

Connection 429km | Special Stage 288km | Total 707km

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

It was a painful experience for many competitors when they discovered the area last year. At the beginning of the special stage, the dunes follow one another, each one like the next, strung out in a never-ending desert capable of unsettling the best technical specialists. In the opposite direction, Stéphane Peterhansel and “Nani” Roma, both of whom are masters when it comes to crossing dunes, each lost almost fifteen minutes there, and risked missing out on the first two places of the overall standings. And the level of difficulty will be even more demanding this year! During the crucial stage of the first week, the rally will be even tougher for motorcyclists: they will quail on a 2-km slope, of which the gradient will put the descent of Iquique on a par with a gentle children’s slide.


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Permalink Reply by Chupakabras on January 8, 2013 at 4:46pm

wow, great save, or pure luck,.

Permalink Reply by Bob on January 8, 2013 at 5:09pm

Looks like he's taken some lessons from Pastrana.

Permalink Reply by Mike Taylor on January 8, 2013 at 6:09pm
Awesome save!!!
Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on January 8, 2013 at 4:44pm

I bet he going to stop at sea side village to grab some fish tacos and Carona before getting to the shop.

Permalink Reply by Brad on January 8, 2013 at 5:21pm

4 sure

Permalink Reply by SlyFoxx on January 8, 2013 at 4:46pm

As the song goes...

"...nobody ever had a rainbow baby until he had the rain."

Well I'd say it bloody well rained today!

Soldier on 315.

Permalink Reply by PathfinderCS on January 8, 2013 at 4:46pm

Well done Robby. Now get 'er back to the Bivvy and have the boys fix 'er up! :)

Permalink Reply by David Z on January 8, 2013 at 4:49pm

Just got home from work, looks like he made it. Glad the day is over, hope it's not the race.

Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 8, 2013 at 5:23pm

Seriously though, didn't he flip the Hummer last year? I'm not an off road guy (I'm working on it though), but it seams like there must be a system to right a vehicle? If not, that should be something to look into. This costs hours of race time and a second vehicle pop's it right over. Something built in to the roof like outriggers on a crane. I'm sure eye's are rolling at this idea but take a second and think about it. An electric motor like a winch motor, a telescopic 2 pc arm & hydraulics.I don't think it's far fetched with the technology he has and the thinking out side the box that RG does. I know it weighs 5k, but leverage isn't carrying the total weight. Just an idea.

Permalink Reply by Kirk G on January 8, 2013 at 5:50pm

still needed radiators

Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 9, 2013 at 3:38pm
I was thinking along the same lines. Maybe a way of rigging the sand ramps with the built-in jacks for leverage.

True, the radiators would still be an issue, but they may have been able to jury-rig something if they were on their wheels.
Permalink Reply by Brad on January 8, 2013 at 5:34pm

Tough day for sure

Robby says...

We started off second and we got through some really gnarly, silty stuff. We went over a dune and it was just straight down with one right end to it. We idled into it just enough to tip us over the front, honestly, five miles an hour probably, it wasn't a big rollover. Except it put all the weight of the vehicle on the front, broke the windshield and flopped it on its roof and we had to wait for new radiators to get to us. It was a long wait. It's been a disappointing rally for us; we expected so much more. The first day I was too conservative and this dune I went over just a little too much, so we can't find a happy medium I guess. The rollover was honestly five miles an hour. It stood on the top for a while and I thought it was going to come backwards, but it just flopped over. It wasn't that dangerous except for the fact that we were on the other side of the dune. It was probably five to seven minutes before Peterhansel got there, so we'd already put some gap on him, but that doesn't do us any good now. You know, we just needed to have a good day today. I don't know what's going wrong… Like I said, we've just had a horrible rally so far this year. I don't see a bright side coming, because it's going to be a long ten days. Last year we were so good most of the rally and this year we started off conservatively like I did last year and it's just been unfortunate. We haven't been able to put it all together. We've got the team, we've got the cars, but I guess the drivers are making mistakes. It's just unfortunate. I think we're going to have sit back and see if it really makes sense to continue or not.

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